Welp, I would apologize for taking forever to put this up,

but writers block plagues us all and we can't control it.

And just so you know, Hermione doesn't know Ron is dead yet.

So yea

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"And history books forgot about us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once.
You are my sweetest downfall,
I loved you first."

After Ron and Harry revived me, I moved away quickly, wanting to help all the people who were dueling around me. I fired strong protective spells over the ones that needed it and I began casting hexes and curses to the ones that needed it. I felt on top of the world.

I took down Dolohov by myself before joining Luna in a nasty battle against Lucius Malfoy. When suddenly he put up a magical barrier, his lips curled up in a terrifying smile.

"The Dark Lord has returned to Hogwarts, ladies." He spoke as if a war wasn't raging around us, and then he twisted into the air and vanished.

Luna and I looked at each other with intense fear in our eyes. Had someone truly called Voldemort?

"Harry," I screamed. "We need to find Harry!" She nodded her head and we took off running, firing spells and blocking them as we ran. We found him with Ginny on a bench next to someone under a white sheet and she was trembling. He was rubbing her back to try and calm her, near tears himself.

"Is that really Ginny?" Luna whispered in my ear as we slowed to a walk. I nodded, but realized this Ginny had blood matted hair and wore dirty robes you might see a house elf wearing.

"Harry, Ginny?" I walked up to them, and she turned, horror struck by my presence. Harry seemed in a daze and it took him a second to finally realize I was there. Ginny threw her arms around me causing her to jump from Harry's lap. I caught her and heard her immediately start crying.

"I'm so sorry, Hermione. I'm so so sorry." I patted her hair down and tried to rub her back.

"Ginny, what on Earth are you sorry for? None of this is your fault." She started to say something when this high pitch noise sounded in my ear, and everyone else's by the look of it.

"I need Harry Potter," it hissed and I immediately realized it was Voldemort. I looked to Harry who looked horrorstruck. "He has one hour before I start killing his friends myself. One hour to come to me."

We both looked down at Harry whose emotions I couldn't read because there were so many.

"Harry," I let go of Ginny and leaned down to look at him. "You've got to get up; we've got to figure out how to kill Voldemort." He shook his head and I thought he was seriously giving up then.

"I've got to find him and kill him, Hermione. You can't come and help." I shook my head and looked at him in the eye, anger and resentment were prominent.

"And why is it that I can't help?"

"I can't lose you too." I scrunched my eyebrows together.

"What are you -,"

"Potter," I heard a strained voice behind me and I turned to see Snape and the war raging behind him. "It's urgent; I'm going to need you to follow me." He shifted his eyes towards me and then back to Harry. Harry stood up quickly pointing his wand like a madman at Snape.

"You killed Dumbledore; I'm not going with you." He words came out of his mouth like they were acid. "I just killed Malfoy; don't think I won't kill you too." I looked to Ginny who was a sobbing heap on the ground. I moved to comfort her when I saw Draco's body, an unmoving mass on the ground far away. I was stunned, never having seen Harry actually do collateral damage. He seemed like he was in a rage at this point and I thought this must have been the maddest he's ever been.

"Potter," Snape moved closer to him and Harry let out a growl.

"Don't come near me, butt trumpet!" Its official, Harry's mad.

"Potter, just," Snape lunged at Harry and then there was a loud pop sounded and they were gone. I moved even though I was still stunned and I touched Ginny.

A/N: Harry is off doing all that jazz in the books right now. We'll get back to him later, so don't worry.

"Hermione, don't." I rubbed her back and she turned to look at me with a terrifying glare. "Why are you trying to comfort me? I'm a monster." I shook my head at her.

"Ginny, you're not a monster, what are you talking about?" She started crying nonstop and I turned to see the battle was continuing and Lavender was taking on several people at once. I looked back to Ginny but she remained broken on the ground so I took off to help Lav.

"Hermione!" She said exasperated between spells. I conjured a protective barrier between us that would hold them off for a minute. I couldn't tell who she was fighting but they were definitely putting up a good fight. "Have you seen Gin? She was acting kind of -," Suddenly the protective barrier exploded, sending us flying back about five feet.

"What was -,"

"I think we should be asking whowas that?" Bellatrix was standing there alone pointing her wand at both of us. Lavender and I exchanged a look and we jumped up quickly. We fired spells rapidly but Bellatrix blocked every single of them with a smile on her face. She hadn't fired a spell at us and she seemed to be enjoying herself.

I was growing tired and I could tell Lavender was exhausted. Bellatrix let out a spine tingling chuckle before she reared back and fired spells. I cast a protective shield only to have her knock it down. Spell, shield, and all over again until the shields got weaker and her spells got stronger. Lavender was panting and sweating and I could feel myself plummeting too. Then Bellatrix fired a powerful spell that I had never seen before right at Lavender. Lavender fell back and I thought I watched life fall from her eyes.

Bellatrix laughed, pleased with her work before Molly Weasley cut in, saving me from the same fate as Lavender. I jumped down to Lavender, shaking her.

"Lavender Finnegan, don't do this! Did you not just hear your last name? Wake up! You just married the man of your dreams, don't die!" I held her closely and began to cry. I couldn't lose her after everything her and I had been through. "Seamus!" I cried, looking around but I couldn't find anyone I knew or that could help.

War was showing me there was no light now, only darkness. Here it was raging like a storm taking and destroying all in its path not caring about blood status or what your family will feel when you're gone. Here I am holding one of the greatest friends I ever had and she was dying in my arms.

Then I heard his voice again ringing loud and clear not only in my ears but everyone around me.

"Harry Potter has come to me. Clean up your dead by the end of the hour then come and watch me kill him." Sobs like never before erupted from me and all the Death Eaters disapparated, probably called by him. Some ran over and took Lavender from my arms and I stood up.

"Did you Harry leave? Was he with Ron?" I questioned every person I passed but they all shrugged their shoulders and moved on. Where were my best friends?

The ministry workers had come and were accepting their defeat that they presumed was sure to come with Harry's death.

"Is no one going to try and save him?" I questioned Kingsley and he only pulled me in for a hug.

"Now Miss Granger, we aren't sentencing him to death, its just he's sentenced himself to death. All we can do is pray for a miracle." I nodded my head accepting the answer. I made my way to the Great Hall where all the dead and wounded laid but was stopped by an out of breath Neville.

"I heard you were looking for Harry but I also heard that Harry was looking for you." I stared at him, not even beginning to process how I should respond. "What I mean is I saw Harry before he went into the Forbidden Forest and he told me to tell you that the snake was the last horcrux and that he's sorry." I mulled the information over and grabbed Neville's arms.

"Brilliant Neville! I don't know why everyone keeps telling me sorry but we need to kill the snake!" He pulled his eyebrows together and then cocked one.

"Kill a snake? Easy enough." He smiled at me and I shook my head.

"No, we need the sword of Gryffindor to do it." Neville smiled even wider now and I stared at him waiting for a response.

"You mean," he reached in his back pocket and pulled out a shiny object, "this." The sword of Gryffindor was in his hands.

"Wha- Neville, how?"

"Harry gave it to me when he was on his way to the forest, said you'd be asking for it. So here it is my fair maiden." He held the sword out to me like he was knight and I put my hand on his shoulder.

"You do it, Nev. You've got this."

"Really? Where is this bastard anyway?" I thought for a moment.

"If it's a horcrux it's probably with Voldemort… This will be dangerous, but we can do it."

He nodded his head and we went off in search of the snake in hopes that it wasn't with Voldemort. When the hour was coming to a close we made our way back to the courtyard defeated.

We watched the army of Death Eaters stomp towards us with victory on their faces. Neville and Luna were on either side of me and we grabbed hands. I noticed the absences in our group but now was a very inopportune time to go searching for the missing members. Hagird was a prominent feature among the group and I noticed the tears cascading down his face as he approached, an unmoving Harry was soaked in his arms. Had Voldemort already killed him? But then I saw him peak quickly, something I doubted anyone noticed other than myself because the crowd remain hushed.

"Harry is dead." Voldemort spoke plainly as if he were merely discussing the weather. Molly burst into tears in front of me and I put my hand on her back to calm her. Harry isn't dead, I whispered in my head, but it was useless, no one could hear me. "Harry Potter is dead, and if you don't bow down to me then you will soon be too." I looked to Neville and he smiled at me, shifting his eyes between Harry and myself. I looked back to Harry who kept peaking and mouthing words when he thought no one was looking.

"He's got a plan." Neville whispered in my ear and Voldemort screamed.

"Who dare speak while I'm speaking?" Neville cleared his throat and squeezed my hand before releasing it. He walked boldly forward, putting up his hand as he approached no man's land.

"You know, this is ridiculous." Neville challenged and Luna squeezed my hand tighter. "Are we really fighting over blood status?" Voldemort started laughing like it was the most absurd question he had ever heard.

"Do you think you're funny, boy?" I heard Neville snort and his shoulders moved as if he were laughing. I wanted to tell him now wasn't the time but then I saw Harry turn and wink at me, noticing the stress on my face.

"No, I think I'm pretty badass if you were to ask me. I mean," he took a step closer and removed the sword from under his clothing all in one motion. "This thing is so damn awesome, every wizard should have one." Everyone was mesmerized by the scene in front of them when Harry jumped down from Hagrid's arms and pulled out his wand to point it full of vengeance towards an unsuspecting Voldemort. Everything was happening so fast that I barely saw Neville move in to behead the snake and Harry begin a furious duel with his foe. The crowd was stunned but then loud cheers came from either side rooting for their competitor. I wanted to help Harry but I knew this was his battle to fight. The boy who lived battled on for our freedom.

There were shouts from both of them and then Voldemort faltered, causing him to be one second too late to block a deadly curse that Harry had sent his way. I couldn't describe the scene in front of me using any other words besides watching someone burn to death. I knew the spell Harry had cast and I knew its effects weren't the ones displayed in front of me, but it was probably how Voldemort would have died nevertheless.

Cheers erupted once he had disintegrated to ashes and while the children moved towards Harry, the adults moved to the Death Eaters who were running away and disapparating. Luna and I ran to Neville who was so pumped that he pulled Luna in for a passionate kiss. Ron, that's who I wanted to celebrate this victory with. I went looking for his ginger hair, but I couldn't spot it in the crowd. I began walking back into the castle when Harry ran up to me.

"Hermione, where are you going?" He smiled a genuine smile and I was happy for him for avenging his parents death.

"Looking for Ron, where's Ginny?" His eyes grew dark and he looked down to the ground.

"She's probably with him… Hermione, I need to tell you something…" I looked him in the eyes and hugged him quickly, hoping that would calm his nerves but it did nothing for him. Instead tears pricked his eyes and made trails down his cheeks, the boy that was just happy became a hot mess in front of me. He bear hugged me then, squeezing me tightly and muttering words of sadness into my hair. Finally I understood what he was saying over and over again.

"I'm so sorry, Hermione. I'm so sorry that Ron's dead…" My heart dropped along with me. And like myself, my world came crashing down.

Well, all there is left is the epilogue!

And this is really late but looking back on it I realized I never gave credit where it was due,

BUT I would like to give a big shout out to Courtney Daisy (my Lavender) who wrote her wedding scene.

I hope you guys have enjoyed it thus far, and I hope you enjoy the epilogue.

Love you!

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